MEMAG fechtschule Locations

Salisbury,MD Location:
Phone: 410 546 9483
Email: the-memag@comcast.net

Germantown, MD Location:
Phone: (301) 385 6180
Email: rkoulak@yahoo.com

New Jersey/ Philadelphia Area:
Phone: (856) 308 9443
Email: weedhoe@gmail.com

Introduction
    • HEMA
        • What is HEMA
        • Shared aspects of Martial Arts
          • Controlling the Fight
          • Efficiency
          • Artfulness
        • Why learn a HEMA?
          • Self defense
          • Exercise
          • History
          • Competition
          • Self Improvement
        • Why learn to heal?
          • Balance the destruction
          • Heal yourself
          • Heal others
    • The Liechtenauer Tradition
      • HRE
      • The Longsword in history
      • The Longsword and its parts
      • Liechtenauer
        • Choosing a ready sword
        • Parts of the Sword and their uses
      • Liechtenauer
      • Other Masters
      • The Art
    • Essential Equipment
      • Shoes
      • Clothing
      • Longsword Simulators
      • Pell
      • Sharp weapon
      • Cutting Targets
      • Translation of Primary Sources
    • Fundamental Concepts
      • How to train
        • Focus
        • Time and persistence
        • Dedicated practice
    • Progression of training
        • Learned reflexes and muscle memory
        • Start with hard movements with long intervals
        • Progress to fast movements with short intervals
    • Safety
      • Standing at Attention
      • Saluting
      • General Safety Rules
    • General Lessons
      • Warm-up
        • Stretches
        • Balance drills
      • Stance
        • Forward Stance
        • Reverse Stance
      • Footwork
        • Passing Step
        • Adjustment Step
        • Triangle Step
        • Springing
      • Gripping the Longsword
        • Standard Grip
        • Thumb Grip
        • Half Sword
        • Murder Stroke
      • Eye contact
        • Normal Gaze
        • Deceiving Gaze
      • Breathing
      • Distances
        • Length
        • Measure
      • Leger/Huten (Postures/Guards)
      • Attacking/ Defending
        • Haue(Cuts)
          • Oberhaue
          • Unterhaue
          • Mittelhaue
          • Zecker(Tag-hits)
        • Stechen(Stabs)
          • Oberstechen
          • Unterstechen
        • Schnitte(Slices)
          • Oberschnitte
          • Unterchnitte
        • Test Cutting
        • Defending
        • Master Kal’s Allegorical Figure
          • Eyes
          • Heart
          • Feet
        • The Five Words
          • Vor (Before)
          • Nach (After)
          • Schwech/Weich (Weak/Soft)
          • Starck/Hart (Strong/Hard)
          • Indes/Fühlen (While/Feeling)
        • Binden
        • Blieben
        • Frequens Motus
        • Motion
        • Phases of the Fight
          • Beginning
          • Middle
          • End
      • If you frighten easily, no fencing should you learn.
Zornhau (Wrath Cut)
  • Zornhau
    • Zornhau-Ort (Nach)
        • Counter by using Winden
        • Counter with Ablauffen and Geschrencktort
      • Abnehmen (Umbschlagen)
          • Counter
        • Winden on the Right
          • Take it down and stab
          • Unterhau to the legs
      • Winden
        • Take it down and stab
          • Take it to the other side and stab
    • Zornhau (Vor)
        • Counter by binding strongly with an Oberhau Zorn-Ort
      • Winden
          • Halbschwert stab Counter
        • Take it down and stab
          • Take it to the other side and thrust
        • Unterhau from the Left
  • The Krieg
  • Fühlen
  • Above and Below
  • The three wounders
    • Cut
    • Stab
    • Slice
  • Vier Blossen (Four Openings)
    • Four Openings
    • Breaking the Four openings
      • Using his Nach against him
    • Duplieren
      • From Ringeck
      • From Kal
      • From Goliath (from the left)
    • Mutieren
      • From Ringeck
      • From Kal
      • From Goliath (from the left)


Krumphau (Crooked Cut)
    • Krumphau
      • To the hands
      • Strike to the head after hitting the blade
      • Short Cut
      • Counter the Krumphau with the long point
      • Counter with the Noble War
Zwerchhau (Thwart Cut)
    • Zwerchhau
      • To the head
      • Duplieren
        • Counter with schnappen
      • Hook and Zwerchhau
      • Throw
      • Cut
        • Counter with schnappen
      • High and Low
      • Verführen
      • Verfliegen
      • Failer
        • Failing
      • Verkehrer
      • Double Failer
      • Counter with a high Zwerchhau
      • Counter with a cut to the arms and neck
      • Counter with a cut
        • Countered by duplieren
          • Countered by Winden
          • Counter with a low Zwerchhau
Schielhau (Squinting Cut)
    • Schielhau
      • Against an Oberhau
      • Thrust if he changes through
      • Durchwechseln
      • Defeat Langenort
      • Look to the head but strike to the hands
Scheitelhau (Scalp Cut)
    • Scheitelhau
      • Against Alber
      • Wind against Kron
      • Use Kron to counter
      • Wind from Kron to counter
      • Cut against someone rushing in and press the hands
Vier Leger (Four Postures)
    • Vier Leger
      • Ochs
      • Pflug
      • Alber (You are a Fool to lie in it)
      • vom Tag
      • Schlaudern from Leger
Vier Versetzen (Four Displacements)
    • Vier Versetzen
      • Displacing
        • Good
        • Bad
      • Krumphau to Ochs
      • Zwerchhau to vom Tag
      • Schielhau to Pflug
      • Scheitelhau to Alber
      • Schnappen to counter a displacement
      • Tear at him on the blade to counter a displacement (Zucken)
      • Zirckel
      • Halfsword thrust from Zwerchhau to counter a displacement
Nachreisen (Chasing After)
    • Nachreisen
    • When he pulls back
    • When he strikes short (adjustment step back to facilitate)
    • First outside taking
    • Second outside taking
    • A Nachreisen from low Cuts
    • Indes/Fuhlen
    • Counter to Nachreisen
    • The old cut
      • Counter his counter by un-inverting
Oberlaufen (Over-running)
    • Oberlaufen
    • Against a low cut
    • Get on top of his sword
      • Schnappen
      • Oberfallen
Absetzen (Setting-off)
    • Absetzen
      • From right side against a cut and stab
      • From left side against a cut and stab
        • Counter to Absetzen with Fehler
Durchwechseln (Changing Through)
    • Durchwechseln
      • Against a strike near your point
      • Against one whom fights short
Zucken (Pulling)
    • Zucken
      • To the other side (Umbschlagen)
      • To the same side
Durchlaufen (Running Through)
      Durchlaufen
      • Back over right leg
      • Forward over right leg
      • Back over left leg
      • Forward over left leg
      • Figure Four
      • Arm bar
      • Elbow push
      • Arm wrap
      • Schwertnehmen row
      • Step in the stomach
      • Schwertnehmen with the halbschwert
      • Throw with both hands
      • Ball and chain
      • Neck cut and elbow push
      • Halbschwert throw
      • Pommel knock with right hand and Schwertnehmen
      • Pommel knock with left hand and Schwertnehmen
      • Throw back and thrust
      • Fall in both legs
Abschneiden (Cutting-Off)
    • Abschneiden
      • Cut off the hard ones from below
      • Four cuts
      • Counter to schnappen
Hende Trucken (Hand-Pressing)
    • Hende Trucken
      • From below to above
Zwei Hangen (Two Hangings)
    • Zwei Hangen
      • Lower left
      • Upper left
      • Verschieben
      • Sprechfenster in the Krieg
        • If he backs off
        • If he strikes to the other side with an Oberhau
        • If he strikes to the other side with a Zwerchhau
        • Nachreisen against an Oberschnitt
        • Duplieren if he remains
      • Sprechfenster in the Zufechten
        • Absetzen
        • Durchwechseln
        • Schnappen
        • Durchlaufen
Das Winden (The Winding)
    • Das Winden
      • 8 windings
      • 24 techniques
      • Counter to an Abzüg from Hs. 3227a
      • Conclusion of the teachings and details of strategy
Teachings of Additional Masters
    • Additional Teachings
      • Abzüg
        • Danzig General Teaching
        • Meyer
      • Nebenhut
        • Play 1
        • Play 2
        • Play 3
        • Play 4
        • Play 5
        • Play 6
        • Play 7
      • Wallerstein Winden
        • Counter Throw Indes
        • Counter Winden
          • Verzuckterhau to the Elbow
            • Nider Stoss (Ausreisen) and neck throw
            • Aussernehmen
            • Neck cut and arm break
              • Counter arm break
              • Counter throw
          • Throw with the Halbschwert
          • Shove and cut
          • Pommel between the hands schwertnehmen
    • Sturtzhau
    • Rinde
    • Wechselhau
    • Gayszlen
    • Barring
    • Plate 23
    • Plate 25
    • Plate 27
    • Plate 28
    • Mortstosse
      • Throw from the Mortstosse
    • Plate 35
    • Plate 36
    • Unarmed Counters against a Longsword
    • Bouting
Further lessons
    • Fight Tactics
    • Healing
      • Healing using Medieval Methods
      • Interpreting Primary Documents
      • Interpreting Medieval Manuscripts
    • Teaching Others
      • Teaching others the Art of Unarmoured Longsword Fencing
      • Attributes of a good teacher


Other Ranks

Longsword Ranks  -  Dagger Ranks


Other Syllabus

Longsword Syllabus   -  Dagger Syllabus


PDF of Ranks and Syllabus

Longsword Syllabus and ranks   -  Dagger Syllabus and Ranks